Napkin-holder



(No Model.)

C. M. PAUL & E- T. DEELY.

NAPKIN HOLDER. No. 360.464. Patented Apr. 5, 188 7.

Wain/asses fiat/anions UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. PAUL AND EDMOND T. DEELY, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

NAPKIN-HOVLWDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,464, dated April 5,1887.

Application filed August 4, 1886. Serial No. 210,021. (X0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES M. PAUL and EDMOND T. DEELY, of the city ofSandusky, county of Erie, State of Ohio, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Napkin- Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of our invention is to provide a convenient and useful devicefor holding napkins to be used or worn by children or adults whileeating. From its simplicity of construction and ease of operation,thefacility with which it can be adjusted will make it a very desirableinstrument, either in families or in hotels or eating-houses, for theprotection of the clothing from being soiled while eating,by thespilling or dropping of food, whether fluids or solids.

This invention consists of an elongated or elliptical link, spiralspring, and hook combined, constructed of metal wire properly tempered.By taking a piece of wire of the desired length and size, doubled at thecenter, so much thereof as may be required is formed into a hook. At thebase of the hook, at each side, a spiral spring is formed aboutthreeeighths of an inch in diameter by bending theWireaboutoneandahalfturns. Theremainder is bent out in oppositedirections and formed and the hook is placed over the neckband of theshirt or dress, or collar, or is inserted in abutton-hole, and thenapkin is spread out and adjusted at will to cover the clothing, andthereby protect them from being soiled by the accidental dropping orspilling of food while eating.

In the accompanying drawings,in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the napkinholder.Fig. 2 is a reverse view of the same, showing the elongated orelliptical. link B. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the hook Oand thespiral spring D attached.

In using the napkin-holder much time is saved in adjusting the napkin,and thereby is avoided theinconvenience usually experienced in insertingthe napkin between the band or collar and neck, and also the danger ofsoiling the band or collar, and the disagreeable feeling by havingthenapkin between the band and neck is avoided, and there is no dangerof the napkin getting out of place.

\Vith this description of our invention,what we claim is 'lhe'napkin-holder herein described, formed ofa single piece of wire bentinto a frame or body portion having an upper and lower cross bar, aspiral spring formed on the lower cross bar, and a hook forming acontinuation of the spring and extending upward, and bearing at itsupper portion against the upper cross-bar, substantially as described.

CHARLES M. PAUL. EDMOND T. DEELY. \Vit11esses:

O. T. SMITH, H. H. KNIGHT.

